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RALPH CHARLES HUTH
Private First Class · U.S. Army
February 25, 1943 – April 2, 1967
Service recordRalph Charles Huth, of Indianapolis, Indiana, served as a Private First Class in the U.S. Army. He died on April 2, 1967, in Long An Province, South Vietnam, at age 24. His name is inscribed on Panel 17E, Line 92 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 17E · Line 92
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Private First Class (PFC)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 9 INF DIV
- Born
- February 25, 1943
- Home of record
- Indianapolis, Indiana (Marion County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- April 2, 1967
- Age
- 24
- Province
- Long An
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Grenade
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date April 2, 1967; two of them were lost in Long An Province. In April 1967, 887 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 9th Infantry Division, his unit in the record, lost 73 of its members that month.
Also on Panel 17E, Line 92
- THURMAN ELBY FILLINGIMStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- MASAICHI FUJIMOTOStaff Sergeant · April 2, 1967
- JOHN RICHARD GREGOIRESpecialist Four · April 2, 1967
- JOSEPH LESTER HOCKENBERRYPlatoon Sergeant · April 2, 1967
Same unit, same day
- ALEXANDER LEO MAYERSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 93
- ALVIN CHARLES MCMANN JRSpecialist Four · Panel 17E, Line 94
From Indianapolis
- JAMES EDWARD CAUGHEYSpecialist Four · August 14, 1964
- CLARENCE LEROY COLEMANSpecialist Five · February 10, 1965
- IVAN RAY SMITHPrivate First Class · May 13, 1965
- KENNETH LEROY REEDStaff Sergeant · June 12, 1965
- JOHN POWERS DAVISSpecialist Five · July 21, 1965
- CURLEY SHERELS JRCorporal · August 18, 1965
- ALVIN CARVER FORNEYCorporal · September 1, 1965
- WILLIAM LARRIE HUNTPrivate First Class · November 6, 1965
- THOMAS CURTIS METSKERCaptain · November 14, 1965
- VILIS LISMENTSCorporal · November 22, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.